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Thinking Cup Newbury
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address85 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Thinking Cup Newbury clean?
Thinking Cup Newbury is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Thinking Cup Newbury?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • At the sink the staff indicated they use to wash produce there is a direct connection between the sink and sewage system. Have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the food prep sink.criticalBackflow Prevention (P) • At the sink the staff indicated they use to wash produce there is a direct connection between the sink and sewage system. Have a licensed plumber pull proper permits and install an air gap at the food prep sink.
When was Thinking Cup Newbury last inspected?
Thinking Cup Newbury has 48 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 23, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2025 | — | |
| January 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 5, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 5, 2024 | Fail |
Thinking Cup Newbury vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.